Colorbar labeling

Pimp up your colorbars. And easily!
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Updated 5 Aug 2011

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Awefully simple code in order to gain some time when trying to label the colorbars.
Works for individual plot or subplots, handles single- and multi-line labels on the top, bottom and/or right of the colorbar.

Input: colorbar handle ([] if unknown), label location ('top', 'bottom' or 'right'), indication for subplots (1 if subplots, 0 otherwise), text label (normal MatLab style)

Output: Nicely postioned labels for the colorbars

Warning: 1) If the label is too close to the colorbar or graph, try reapplying the function, it will largen up the gap

Example: colorbarlabel([],'r',0,[{'String line1'},{'String line2'}])

Cite As

Fanny Besem (2024). Colorbar labeling (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/32437-colorbar-labeling), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2008a
Compatible with any release
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Version Published Release Notes
1.0.0.0